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Aider + SkillBoss

Aider CLI integration: AI pair programming terminal tool with multi-model switching, cost optimization, and access to 100+ SkillBoss services and infrastructure

Aider + SkillBoss

Aider is an AI pair programming tool in your terminal. With SkillBoss:

  • Use 679+ endpoints (not just one)
  • Add payments, hosting, databases to your apps
  • Cost optimize automatically

Setup

One-command setup: Tell your agent set up skillboss.co/skill.md to auto-configure SkillBoss with 687+ APIs.

# Install Aider
pip install aider-chat

# Set SkillBoss API key
export SKILLBOSS_API_KEY=sk-YOUR_KEY

# Tell Aider about SkillBoss
aider --model gemini/gemini-2.5-flash \
  --openai-api-base https://api.skillboss.co/v1 \
  --openai-api-key $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY

Usage

# Use cheap model by default
aider --model gemini/gemini-2.5-flash

# In Aider:
> Add payment processing using SkillBoss Stripe API

# Aider generates code using SkillBoss

Model Switching

# Simple tasks: Gemini Flash
aider --model gemini/gemini-2.5-flash

# Complex reasoning: DeepSeek
aider --model deepseek/deepseek-r1

# Premium quality: Claude
aider --model claude-4-5-sonnet

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